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Histochemistry of mucosubstances in the gallbladder epithelium of the chick embryo

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Mucosubstances of epithelial cells of the chick embryo gallbladder were investigated by histochemical methods from days 12–21 of incubation (stages 38–46). On incubation day 14, only neutral mucins were detected; on day 15, neutral and sulfated mucosubstances were observed in the epithelial cells that invaginate the underlying mesenchyme. In the same sites, at day 16 of incubation, neutral, carboxylated and sulfated mucins were seen. From the 17th day of incubation until hatching, neutral, carboxylated and sulfated mucosubstances were present in the surface cells and in the cells lining the epithelial invaginations. During this period, the chemical characteristics of the secretory material are similar to those observed by Yamada and Hoshino (1972) in the fowl.

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  1. Department of Human Anatomy and Histology, University of Florence, Policlinico di Careggi, I-50134, Florence, Italy

    G. Gheri, S. Gheri Bryk & G. E. Orlandini

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Dedicated to Professor Dr. T.H. Schiebler on the occasion of his 65th birthday

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Gheri, G., Bryk, S.G. & Orlandini, G.E. Histochemistry of mucosubstances in the gallbladder epithelium of the chick embryo. Histochemistry 88, 519–524 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00570319

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